A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Artifice A lie A clever distraction Braced end to end in iron bars What am I But a carbon copy Of every breath you take A sad memory on the sweet breeze When you close your eyes to shut off the electrical circuits in your head Continue reading “WD 206 “Artifice””
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WD 201 “The Ocean’s Rhythm”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. The Ocean’s Rhythm I claimed the sand that I could hold between my fingers And nothing else On this shore I have left my wreck A casualty of causality No way to control But your eyes looked over the endless sea and craved a nightmare JustContinue reading “WD 201 “The Ocean’s Rhythm””
Publishing Update: Quelk!
The Chronicle of Quelk the Slime is available for download now! I’ve been working on this silly little fantasy adventure story for a while now, so I hope you all enjoy it! The Chronicle of Quelk the Slime is here! Click here to join the lost, lonely goo-boy on his life changing adventure.
WD 150 “Excerpt: The Chronicle of Quelk the Slime”
Greetings! I have another ebook releasing tomorrow. This one is a spinoff set in the same world as “The Kingdom’s Disdain” but its also tangental and works as a standalone story to any who have no prior knowledge of the series. Here is an excerpt from the first chapter, enjoy! And if you like it,Continue reading “WD 150 “Excerpt: The Chronicle of Quelk the Slime””
WD 143 “Uninvited Gods”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Uninvited Gods I can make up my mind To leave a portion of everything to you Dragged through the dust, into the dragon’s den With treasures vile and vulgar I want to violate, tantalize, the guards at the gate so that Everything gets in If youContinue reading “WD 143 “Uninvited Gods””
A Violent History (Excerpt from Book 9 of The Kingdom’s Disdain)
A Violent History –Trog I My story isn’t happy. I’ve also never told my story like a story. I don’t write things down. I’m doing this at the request of a friend. He says he won’t turn it over to any authorities that might throw me in a dungeon or have my head. Not thatContinue reading “A Violent History (Excerpt from Book 9 of The Kingdom’s Disdain)”
Feast of Lights (Final)
Chapter 4 And behold, Bal’zomest, the Great Dragon, granted the child’s mothers a glorious gift. Each of the women had a vision, revealing unto them all the wondrous things that the boy was destined to do. However, the mothers were afraid, and prayed and beseeched the dragon, “Please, the things we’ve seen are too greatContinue reading “Feast of Lights (Final)”
Feast of Lights (P3 of 4)
Chapter 3 The three sorcerers offered the child three gifts: a staff of white wood, a scourge of black iron, and a cape of golden silk. His mothers took these things and locked them away, until the child Turin was old enough to study the arcane. -Book of Law and Promises “Aye, Cardinal, Memue!” WhenContinue reading “Feast of Lights (P3 of 4)”
Feast of Lights (P2 of 4)
Chapter 2 And so it was that in the fifth year of Drishar, King of Thasia, there were three sorcerers, all elderkin; Xiahesh of the bright elves, Crothshev of the dark elves, and Daleen of the forest elves, and they beheld a new star in the sky, which gleamed at the tail of the dragonContinue reading “Feast of Lights (P2 of 4)”
Feast of Lights (P1 of 4)
This is a holiday vignette set in the world of The Kingdom’s Disdain. It takes place between the events of Sick Butterfly and The Spokes of Decay. Whether you are familiar with the series or not, I hope you enjoy the story. Happy holidays, whether you are a christian, an atheist, agnostic, pagan, or worshipContinue reading “Feast of Lights (P1 of 4)”
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